Guitarist Charlie Rauh has been awarded grants from such organizations as Meet The Composer, The Fractured Atlas Group, The Untitled Artists Group, The Herndon Arts Council, The Queens Arts Council, and The International Studios at Denkalschmeide Hofgen. Master improviser Connie Crothers notes Rauh as "a true musician with an originality that is deeply personal", while virtuoso composer/pedal steel guitarist Susan Alcorn describes his creative approach as "a rare combination of discipline, attention to detail, and impeccable taste." In collaboration with choreographer Megan Harrold he has served as composer in residence at The Klaustrid Foundation- Iceland (Sept. 2010), The Chen Dance Center-NYC (Oct./Nov. 2011), and Le Feuil-France (Aug./Sept. 2012). Rauh has worked with such artists as Ingrid Laubrock, Abigail Breslin, Michael Hafftka, Noël Akchoté, and Cornelius Eady - His compositions have been featured on NPR's Live in Studio C program and WUSB's Jazz On The Air program as well as in venues such as Merce Cunningham Studio, The Kitchen, Alice Tully Hall Lincoln Center, The Chocolate Factory, The Stone, The Rubin Art Museum, and Bohemian National Hall. His debut solo release, Innocent Speller, is currently available on Composers Concordance Records/Naxos.
Awards
Le Feuil Composer Residency (Velay, France) - 8/14
Queens Council on the Arts Peer Leadership Circle Artist w/Megan
Harrold (NYC) - 2012-2013
Le Feuil Composer Residency (Velay, France) - 8-9/12
Salvatore LaRussa Dance Theater Composer Residency (NYC) 4-5/12
International Studios at Denkalschmiede Hofgen Grant - 4/12
Queens Council of the Arts/NYC Department of Cultural Affairs Greater
New York Arts Development Fund Grant - 11/11
Newsteps Series Composer Residency at Chen Dance Center (NYC)
11-12/11
Meet The Composer/MetLife Grant - 10/10
Fractured Atlas Group Grant - 10/10
Klaustrid Foundation Composer Residency (Skriduklaustur, Iceland) -
9/10
Untitled Artists Group Grant - 3/10
Shenandoah University Instrument Conservatory Award - 5/04
Shenandoah University Instrument Conservatory Award - 5/03
Herndon Arts Council Keeping The Arts Alive Grant - 5/02
" There is an introspective element that sets the music apart, with
spacious sound-staging focusing on the crystalline guitar sound. The
atmospheric mood sustains us throughout. There is beauty here, great
beauty."
Grego Applegate Edwards(Gapplegate Guitar and Bass Blog)
" I do not know if it’s meaning should be grasped; if it is not better to
listen to the harmonious orbit of the guitar with the ears of an innocent
life. I do know that making this record was a beautiful thing to do, and
in having done so the listener is reminded that loss itself is not
senseless, it is our attempting to deny it’s inevitability that makes it
so."
- Valerie Kuehne (TheSuperCoda music Blog)
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" There is an introspective element that sets the music apart, with
spacious sound-staging focusing on the crystalline guitar sound. The
atmospheric mood sustains us throughout. There is beauty here, great
beauty."
Grego Applegate Edwards(Gapplegate Guitar and Bass Blog)
" I do not know if it’s meaning should be grasped; if it is not better to
listen to the harmonious orbit of the guitar with the ears of an innocent
life. I do know that making this record was a beautiful thing to do, and
in having done so the listener is reminded that loss itself is not
senseless, it is our attempting to deny it’s inevitability that makes it
so."
- Valerie Kuehne (TheSuperCoda music Blog)
“Much modern guitar focuses on atonality and noise. More rare is the
forward thinking guitarist whose approach leans towards the seductive
rather than the assaultive. Though fully capable of aggressive sonic
forays, Charlie Rauh’s music lives largely in a contemplative realm.
Echoes of Frisell-ian pastoralism can be heard, but Rauh resembles
him only in a similar rootedness and a focus on beautiful tone—he is
his own man.”
- Michael Ross (Guitar Moderne Magazine)
"I wonder what Rauh hears, what are his intentions? His music
reminds me of driving home, late on a summer night, windows down,
music off, totally spaced out and totally tuned in. It’s peaceful but
solitary. I don’t know how I could bring people into such an
experience." - Mike Faloon (Go Metric Blog)
“a whiz-bang guitarist" - Garret Bryant (HINGED Journal of Converging
Arts)
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